Blackhole: Complete Edition

Mechanics

Mechanics-wise, Blackhole for PC, PS4 and XONE is not much different from classic platformers. The game breaks with the convention only in of what the puzzles are based on - depending on the manner in which the player rotates the game world, they can reach different parts of the map. The levels are usually relatively short, though solving certain puzzles does provide a challenge. If the player falls into trouble, Auriel can give them a hand - it is a talkative AI that remains at the player's side throughout the adventure.

Polished audiovisuals are what constitutes one of the game's distinctive features. Both the levels and animations were painted manually and the graphic style itself is very colorful and filled with hilarity. Designs of particular levels are fairly diverse - on Entity, the player visits forests and caves full of intriguing plants, as well as ruins of ancient cities. As mentioned, the audio is also high-quality in this game - the soundtrack combines electronic and symphonic elements together, created by two Czech composers.

Blackhole gives quite a lot of PvP-competition opportunities - the levels are filled with additional content, and thanks to an included stopwatch, the players can share their results with others in the game's community.

Misc.

The Complete Edition came out for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One two years after the game's debut on PCs. This console edition was enriched mainly with a digital artbook, the original soundtrack, all the free updates, including an expansion pack Testing Laboratory and the game's prototype. The PC players on Steam can update the original version (2015) to this newer, Complete Edition.